deranger
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- Submitted 4 days ago to [deleted] | 7 comments
- Comment on America Has Become a Digital Narco-State - Paul Krugman 4 days ago:
I read the first paragraph of this article and I already think it sucks. If heroin was fully legalized, zero restrictions, we’d be much better off than the current situation we have right now with the war on drugs, fentanyl analogs, and xylazine. Full stop.
- Comment on Fairy creatures irl 1 week ago:
No one:
Me: Once again the “no one:” format demonstrating how pointless it is, as cropping that bit out leads to the same thing.
- Comment on After Apple originally announced the first version of Halo in 1999, Xbox apparently called Bungie and said "'Steve Jobs can't have that. We're going to buy you.'" 2 weeks ago:
Good points.
- Comment on After Apple originally announced the first version of Halo in 1999, Xbox apparently called Bungie and said "'Steve Jobs can't have that. We're going to buy you.'" 2 weeks ago:
How is this a nightmare vision? Proprietary bullshit, which is what consoles are, is what Apple does better than the others.
- Comment on In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers — distro hits unprecedented 1 million downloads in five weeks 2 weeks ago:
I mean if you hit a deer with your car, why let all that venison go?
- Comment on YSK: Anki (especially in FSRS mode) is an incredible learning tool if applied correctly 2 weeks ago:
Specifically for amateur radio, HamStudy.org is amazing.
- Comment on What would you want to see this site do differently from Reddit? 3 weeks ago:
Ast*risks
- Comment on It's all relative 3 weeks ago:
10mg is a clinical dose. Methamphetamine is a prescription drug.
Discontinuing cold turkey from 10mg daily would not result in significant withdrawal symptoms.
- Comment on It's all relative 3 weeks ago:
You can also fit 10 mg of oral methamphetamine into a healthy pharmaceutical balance.
- Comment on It's all relative 3 weeks ago:
Taking 10 mg of methamphetamine a day is smaller than an average clinical dosage of Adderall, with a similar risk profile.
- Comment on It's all relative 3 weeks ago:
I’m willing to bet you’d be healthier after 10 years of 10mg daily oral methamphetamine than 10 years of 1 slice daily cheesecake.
- Comment on Is it normal to see this static when you close your eyes? 3 weeks ago:
Ever try one of those float tanks? They’re really good for that.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, that could very well be a PC. You could take the guts out, put it in a generic box, attach a monitor and peripherals, and have a Linux PC that drastically outperforms PCs of a couple decades ago, with similar functionality. Those were PCs then, why would the definition change?
Regarding the exploit definition, yeah, that’s the good one IMO. The other one is more akin to “life hacks” or “food hacks” and I think it’s silly. Using a butter knife as a screwdriver isn’t a “tool hack.” Putting Doom on a toothbrush isn’t hacking, provided no exploits were necessary. Putting Linux on a MacBook isn’t hacking just because it lacks documentation and the Asahi devs have to figure some things out before it works.
I would be curious to hear your definition of hacking, though. To me it seems if you’re calling Linux on Mac hacking, then there’s a million other things that are hacking and the word loses its meaning.
If Apple locks the bootloader then I’ll completely agree with you. And while I do agree it appears they’re heading in that direction and it sucks, a MacBook is far more “computer” than a console, even if poorly documented and thus difficult to develop for.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 3 weeks ago:
That’s not hacking, that’s development. They’re not bypassing locked bootloaders. The hardware is open.
Try running anything on an Xbox Series S/X or PS5.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 3 weeks ago:
You don’t make me mad by being wrong. You don’t have to “hack the OS” to dual boot a MacBook.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 3 weeks ago:
That doesn’t make the Xbox Series X/S or a PlayStation 5 a computer.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 3 weeks ago:
You can still dual boot operating systems. The fact Asahi isn’t complete yet doesn’t matter.
They’re computers.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 4 weeks ago:
Wrong. MacBooks have Linux, and you can download code from wherever and run it. There’s a terminal you can run commands in. If you want, you can completely fuck it up. macOS is worlds apart from iOS, and MacBooks are more a proper computer than probably even the Steam machine we’re discussing here.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 4 weeks ago:
No, it isn’t, in practice. Xbox and PS5 have more in common with my iPhone than my desktop PC or NAS when it comes to being able to do what I want with it.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 4 weeks ago:
What do you think the Xbox and Playstations are?
Consoles.
- Comment on MPV: The Ultimate Self-Hosted Media Solution You're Probably Sleeping On 4 weeks ago:
- The “No Plex Shares Needed” Share
Send someone an SMB/NFS share to your media. They install MPV. They can now browse and play your media library like it’s local. No Plex accounts, no streaming limits, no transcoding quality loss.
Yeah, that’s not tenable for anyone but the nerdiest users. None of my users know what an SMB share is. They know Plex is the icon they click on to watch the movies I get them.
I’m glad this exists but the Netflix-like experience Plex offers is key to adoption by normal people. Aside from the yt-dlp integration, it sounds like DLNA sharing via PMS or XBMC from way back.
- Comment on Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race 5 weeks ago:
By the sheer amount of accumulated wealth.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Ever since Alec posted the dishwasher video, I switched to the powder detergent and always add the pre-wash. Amazing results. I felt I’ve been lied to my whole life about dishwashers.
- Comment on what is the equivalent of somatic exercises for the mind? 5 weeks ago:
Reminding yourself not to feel a certain way sounds wrong to me. You’re just masking something at that point. Your feelings are telling you something. That needs to be addressed, not suppressed.
- Comment on What are your favorite games from a worldbuilding standpoint? 5 weeks ago:
DX:MD is one of the most fun stealth games, it’s just unfortunate they put vent shafts everywhere
- Comment on What are your favorite games from a worldbuilding standpoint? 5 weeks ago:
STALKER. The Zone is amazing.
- Comment on What are the most popular conspiracy theories? 1 month ago:
I think even that gives them too much credit. It’s just incompetence.
The US “did 9/11” by interfering with global affairs for decades until one of those schemes finally backfired.
I don’t think there’s any conspiracy necessary beyond that to explain everything.
- Comment on An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’ 1 month ago:
I don’t get the last one and feel pretty dumb at the moment.
Screwball, crackpot… leaky faucet?
- Comment on Ok, boomer 1 month ago:
I did watch the video, it’s pretty good. He’s discussing the motivators behind overeating. He points out in the beginning that CICO is something that cannot be violated due to thermodynamics (incorrectly saying it’s the second law when he means first), but where the CICO approach fails is in addressing the obesity epidemic.
Ultimately, it is a personal decision to consume food. The genetic difference is in how hard this is. Genetics does not affect the physics at play. If you consume fewer calories and you expend, you will lose weight. There are no genetics that will permit you to derive more calories from food than what is consumed. Period.
Sometimes you just have to embrace the ascetic part of dieting and just suffer. Life is suffering anyhow, so you might as well make peace with it. It’s okay to be hungry, just like it’s okay to be bored. We’re not supposed to be satiated 24/7.
Please note I’m not saying over or under weight people are somehow worse people than those who are fit because they have poor willpower or something like that. We all have our problems, and everyone deserves respect as we navigate this fucked up life.
The thing is, nobody is going to be able to solve your problems except you. There is no pill that will fix your diet, and it’s not your genetics that put the food in your mouth. The only lasting solution lies within, whether that’s learning how to deal with not giving into your hunger pangs, or forcing yourself to eat when you’re not hungry, or just learning to love yourself as you are.
